Violin-bow.



No. 739,459. PNIEN'IED SEPT. 2.2, 1903. M. E. VERDIER. VIOLIN BOW.

APPLIGATIONHLBD SEPT. 11, 1902.

H0 HODEL.

III!!! Y ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented september 22, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

VIOLIN-BOW.

SPECIFICATION formingnpart of Letters Patent No. 739,459, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed September ll, 1902. Serial No. 122.916. (No model.)

T0 all whom it 77mg/ concern.: Be it known that I, MARY EVERDIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State v*of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Violin-B ows, of whichV the following is a full and complete speciiication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved violin-bow which may be 'conveniently taken apart, so that it may be compactl7 folded or carried in asmall space in a trunk, valise, or other receptacle; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a violin-bow constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure l is a side view of a violin-bow made according to my invention; Fig. 2, alongitudinal sectional side view thereof; Fig. 3, a bottom plan view of a part of the frog, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 5 Fig. 4, a longitudinal section of a portion of the bow at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 asection on the line 5 5 of Figs. l and 2.

In the drawings forming part of this speciication I have shown a violin-bow comprising a staff a, having a handle a2 at one end, with which is connected the frog c. The staff ais divided at a3 into separate parts a4 and a5. One of these parts is provided with a sleeve Z) and the other with a reduced member b2, with which is connected a thimble h3, which is adapted to closely iit Within the sleeve o, and this thimble is provided with a transverse projecting portion b4, adapted to enter corresponding recess b5 in the end of the part a4 of the staff of the bow, the object of this construction being to prevent the part d5 of the staif from turning in the sleeve b.

The frog cis composed of two parts c2 and c3, and the part c2 is mounted on the side of the handle a2 in the usual manner and is provided with a block c4, which moves in a recess c, formed in the handle a2, and movable or turnable in said handle a2 is a screw d, which passes through said block, as shown at d2, and the screw d is provided with a head or handle d3, and by turning said screw the frogl may be moved longitudinally of the handle a2 in the usual manner, as will be readily understood.

VThe part c3 of the frog is provided in its inner face with a longitudinal recess c, cov-l ered by a metal plate c2, having a hole e3, which corresponds with the recess c, and in the plate c2 and in the part c3 of the frog is another hole or recess c4, adapted to receive a corresponding pin c5, secured in the part c2 of the frog. The part c2 of the frog is also provided with'another pin e, having a hookshaped head e7, which is adapted to be passed through the hole c3 in the plate c2 and into the recess c. By means of this construction it will be apparent that the part c3 of the frog may be locked to or detached from the part c2 whenever.' desired, and the hair f is connected with the part c3 of the frog in the usual manner and with the staff of the bow at f2. IVhenever it is desired tol separate the parts of the bow, the screw d is turned, so as to loosen the hair f, the frog c being moved in the direction of the part a5 of the staff a, and when the frog is moved a sufiicient distance to accomplish this result the 4separate parts of the staff are detached, and the part c3 of the frog may also be detached from the part c2, as will be readily understood. It will also be apparent that the said parts may be again connected whenever desired by reversing this operation, and I thus provide a violinbow which is composed of different parts easily connected and easily disconnected and which may thus be packed in a small space whenever necessary.

In practice I prefer to wind the sleeve b with iine wire, as shown in Fig. l; but this may or may not be done, and by dividing the staff of the bow at the handle thereof it enables me to make the bow of shorter parts and also make a secure connection, which will not in terfere with the operation of the bow in any way.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A violin-bow the staff of which is composed of two parts detaehably connected near the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 1o my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 9th day of September, 1902.

MARY E. VERDIER.

IVitnesses:

G. J. S. KOHLER, F. T. L. KEITER. 

